President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Patrice Motsepe, said that the Morocco-2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) draw will be “exciting,” and that this 35th edition will be the most successful in the competition’s history. “The 2025 AFCON draw, which will be held on Monday evening in Rabat, will be exciting. Everyone expects […]
Leaders of Rwanda and Benin have met over the weekend to discuss ways of containing a potential spillover from an Islamist militant insurgency that has been gaining ground in neighboring Burkina Faso. Along with Benin, three other West Africa coastal nations — Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire and Togo — have suffered attacks in border areas blamed […]
The Moroccan regions of Casablanca-Settat, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra and Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima accounted for 58.2 % of Morocco’s GDP in 2016, Morocco’s statistics authority, HCP, said. Four other regions accounted for 30.1% of overall GDP with Fez-Meknes taking 9%, Marrakech-Safi 8.8%, Souss-Massa (6,7%) and Beni Mellal Khenifra (5.6%). The three regions represented 32%, 16% and 10,2% respectively. Such […]
